United States of America v. Adams

Filing 13

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS: The Court has reviewed the R&R and the record and, finding no clear error, adopts Judge Orenstein's recommendation as the opinion of the Court. Accordingly, Plaintiff's motion for default judgment is granted and Plaintiff is awarded damages in the amount of $21,991.01, additional prejudgment interest as described above, and $55.00 in costs. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment accordingly and to close the case. Ordered by Judge Carol Bagley Amon on 8/21/2017. (fwd for judgment) (Fernandez, Erica)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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BROOKLYN OFFICE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
NOT FOR PUBLICATION

-against-

ORDER
15-CV-3075(CBA)
(JO)

JOSEPH ADAMS,
Defendant.

AMON,United States District Judge:

The Court has received the Report and Recommendation("R&R")of the Honorable James

Orenstein, United States Magistrate Judge, recommending that Plaintiffs motion for default

judgment be granted and that Plaintiff be awarded $21,991.01 in damages (consisting of the
principal of $15,860.30 on Defendant's unpaid student loan and prejudgment interest accrued
through September 20,2016 of$6,130.71), prejudgment interest from September 20,2016 accruing
at the legal rate (amounting to $2.23 per day), and costs of $55.00. (See D.E. #11.) No party has

objected to the R&R,and the time for doing so has passed. When deciding whether to adopt a report
and recommendation,a district court"may accept, reject, or modify,in whole or in part,the findings
or recommendations made by the magistrate judge." 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). To accept those

portions of the R&R "to which no timely objection has been made, a district court need only satisfy
itself that there is no clear error on the face ofthe record." Jarvis v. N. Am. Globex Fund, L.P., 823

F. Supp. 2d 161, 163(E.D.N.Y. 2011)(quoting Wilds v. United Parcel Serv., 262 F. Supp. 2d 163,
169(S.D.N.Y. 2003)).

The Court has reviewed the R&R and the record and, finding no clear error, adopts Judge

Orenstein's recommendation as the opinion ofthe Court. Accordingly,Plaintiffs motion for default

judgment is granted and Plaintiff is awarded damages in the amount of $21,991.01, additional

prejudgment interest as described above, and $55.00 in costs. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter
judgment accordingly and to close the case.
SO ORDERED.

Dated: August
,2017
Brooklyn, New York

s/Carol Bagley Amon
Carol Eagle
United States Distrf